Ch. 24: Vocab

Question 1

אָמַן (Niphal)

Answer 1

to be reliable, be faithful, be trustworthy

A man is reliable

Question 2

יָשַׁע (Niphal)

Answer 2

to be delivered, victorious, receive help

Joshua is salvation

Question 3

יָתַר (Niphal)

Answer 3

to be left over, remain

Is there any pizza left over? yātar [Ya, there].

Question 4

כּוּן (Niphal)

Answer 4

to be established, be steadfast, be ready, arranged, stand firm
The kûn [coon] dog is steadfast and ready.
[biconsonantal]

Question 5

לָחַם (Niphal)

Answer 5

to fight, do battle with

a fight over לֶ֫חֶם (bread)

Question 6

מָלַט (Niphal)

Answer 6

to escape, flee to safety, slip away

Escape the mālaṭ [mallet].

Question 7

נָחַם (Niphal)

Answer 7

to be sorry, regret, have compassion

I am sorry, but we have nāḥam [no ham] to sell. [1Nun]

Question 8

נָכָה (Hiphil)

Answer 8

to strike, smite, beat, strike dead, destroy

Beat him to a nākâ [knock-out]. [1Nun, 3 [ה

Question 9

נָצַב (Niphal)

Answer 9

to stand (firm), take one's stand, station oneself, be positioned
It takes nuts of steel to stand firm

Question 10

נָצַל (Niphal)

Answer 10

to be rescued, be delivered, saved

Were the nāṣal [nuts all] saved? [1Nun]

Question 11

סָתַר (Niphal)

Answer 11

to be hidden, hide oneself

a sātar [satyr] is hidden.

Question 12

רוּץ

Answer 12

to run

rûṣ [roots] prevent running. [biconsonantal]

Question 13

שָׁחַת (Piel, Hiphil)

Answer 13

to ruin, destroy, spoil, annihilate

šāḥat [She hath] ruined it. [2G]

Question 14

שָׁמַד (Niphal)

Answer 14

to be exterminated, be destroyed, be annihilated
I am šāmad [sho mad] they will be exterminated.
Distinguish from שָמַר ‘to guard’. שָמַר [guard] to prevent שָמַד [being destroyed].